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Prostitution should be decriminalised to protect
the health of sex workers, one of the world's leading medical journals
has said.

Editors of The Lancet said that there was “no alternative” if the
risks of HIV and other diseases were to be reduced among women and men
working in the sex trade.

Experts believe an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic could be achieved by
2030, but there are concerns that the virus might endure in
marginalised, high-risk groups.

In a new research series, released to coincide with the International
Aids Conference in Melbourne, The Lancet journal published evidence
that sex workers face “substantial barriers in accessing prevention,
treatment and care services ... because of stigma, discrimination and
criminalisation.”